dutchputch

I've heard conflicting reports about Murphy's Oil Soap being non-toxic and safe for parrots. Therefore I don't want to use it on my hard wood floors so does anyone have a safe non-toxic solution for cleaning wood floors?

Dutch had a severe case of aspergillious in August. That was his second bout with it. He was in the hospital for over a week and was on meds for 2 months. It seems like he's made a full recovery and he's as active as ever only he doesn't talk anymore. We used to talk all day long with each other. Every so often I hear an "I love you" but it's weak, I figure it must hurt him to talk and whistle. He was an awesome whistler too, composing his own songs, but that too has stopped. Now he bangs his beak on his metal bowl to communicate. It's driving me insane!! But I understand his frustration and my heart breaks for him. Has anyone else had this experience? Annie

Tycos_mom, There are two different toxins in microwave popcorn. One is in the fake butter called diacetyl. The other toxin is in the microwave bag and is called polytetrafluoroethylene (teflon). ConAgra, who makes Orville Redenbacher and Act II popcorn, took out the toxin diacetyl from the fake butter this past November. There's a good chance that if you have popcorn from these two companies the diacetyl is still in those bags. I haven't found any information that ConAgra removed the teflon toxins from the microwave bag. By the way, Teflon is the trademark term for polytetrafluoroethylene. I wouldn't go by what someone said when a loved one's life is at stake. If you find that ConAgra has in fact taken out the polytetrafluoroethylene from the bags please post your findings.

I'm so sorry this happened to you. This is what is happening to my grey right now. PLEASE READ THIS: I have been making a lot of microwave popcorn lately. I had no idea that teflon is in the microwave bags. My 12 year old grey, Dutch, is now fighting for his life in the hospital. They think he will have permanent neurological damage if he survives. He went from being playful and healthy to falling off his perch with clenched claws, and seizures about 10 minutes later and bright yellow urine. It's a good thing I was home when it happened. I rushed him to the hospital where they have been treating him for almost a week. I visit him daily and he was went from laying in a corner of in incubator (I have never ever seen him lying down) because he couldn't stand to now standing but very wobbly. His claws are unclenched but too wobbly to perch and one claw still slightly clenches. When I visit him he just sits there with his eyes closed. On Tuesday I'll have to make the tremendous decision of whether to put him down. I'm going thru hell right how all due to microwave popcorn. Another thing I found when researching toxic things was there is toxic glue (zinc) in empty paper toilet and paper towel rolls. I've read on parrot sites that this is a good thing to give your parrot to play with. Post edited by: dutchputch, at: 2008/08/24 17:18<br><br>Post edited by: dutchputch, at: 2008/08/24 17:31

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